1996 in American soccer

The 1996 season was the 84th year of competitive season in the United States. It was the first season of the present top division of American soccer, Major League Soccer.

League Tables

Major League Soccer

A-League

Win = 3 points
Shootout win (SW) = 1 point
Loss = 0 points

Place	Team	GP	W	SW	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Montreal Impact	27	17	4	6	40	18	+22	55
2	Colorado Foxes	27	14	2	11	55	33	+22	44
3	Seattle Sounders	27	12	4	11	35	25	+10	40
4	Rochester Rhinos	27	11	3	13	44	42	+2	36
5	Vancouver 86ers	27	10	3	14	38	38	+0	33
6	New York Fever	27	6	3	8	30	40	-10	21
7	Atlanta Ruckus	22	3	0	19	14	60	-46	9

U.S. Open Cup

American clubs in international competitions

Seattle Sounders

June 17 Qualifying Round	Seattle Sounders	10–0	Transvaal	Federal Way, Washington
	Adair Gailey Barton Megson Galvezon Crothers			Stadium: Federal Way Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,153

July 15 Group Stage	C.S.D. Comunicaciones	2–0	Seattle Sounders	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Suazo 44' Fernández 83'

July 18 Group Stage	Seattle Sounders	1–4	Necaxa	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Hattrup 91' (pen.)		Almaguer 32' Blanco 47', 89' Vásquez 75'

July 20 Group Stage	Seattle Sounders	0–11	Cruz Azul	Guatemala City, Guatemala
			Palencia 3' Hermosillo 13', 32', 49' Yegros 15', 53', 62' Adomaitis 34' Galindo 35' Barton 72' (o.g.) Ramirez 74' (pen.)

References

1996 in American soccer

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Leagues

Men	MLS A-League USISL (Select League • Professional League • Premier League) NCAA (Division I, Division II, Division III)

Cups

International

Club competitions

1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

National teams

Men	1996 U.S. Cup

Team seasons

MLS

Colorado Rapids
Columbus Crew
Dallas Burn
D.C. United
Kansas City Wiz
Los Angeles Galaxy
New England Revolution
NY/NJ MetroStars
San Jose Clash
Tampa Bay Mutiny

A-League

Atlanta Ruckus
Colorado Foxes
Montreal Impact
New York Fever
Rochester Rhinos
Seattle Sounders
Vancouver 86ers

USISL Select

Years in American soccer
Pre-1880s	1860s 1870s
1880s	1880–83 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90
1890s	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900
1900s	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10
1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20
1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–41 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Soccer in the United States

Overview

Men's national teams

Women's national teams

Men's outdoor leagues

Professional	MLS Playoffs MLS Cup NASL Soccer Bowl USL
Amateur/ Semi-pro	PDL NPSL APSL ASL GCPL PLA UPSL
Proposed	NISA USL Division III

Women's outdoor leagues

Professional	NWSL NWSL Shield Playoffs
Amateur/ Semi-pro	WPSL UWS

Men's indoor leagues

Men's futsal leagues

Men's Cup competitions

Women's Cup competitions

Men's college soccer

NCAA Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
NAIA Championship

Women's college soccer

NCAA Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
NAIA Championship

Youth soccer

Leagues: AYSO
NFHS
USYSA
U.S. Development Academy
Super Y-League
Competitions: US Youth Soccer National Championships
Jefferson Cup

Defunct men's
outdoor leagues

Defunct women's
outdoor leagues

Defunct men's
indoor leagues

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